Table 1.
Review of the literature | |||||||
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Standard group | Modified group | Milieu‐changing (moist) group | |||||
Moist‐exposed dressing | Elsahy (7) | Moiemen and Elliot (17) | Brent (18) | Rose et al. (19) | Douglas (9) | Hirase (20) | |
Number of patients | 56 | 35 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 11 |
Mean age | 28 | 5·7 | 17 | Adults | |||
Number of fingers | 60 | 35 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 11 |
Complete survival | 42 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 9 |
Survival rate (%) | 70 | 60 | 22 | 50 | 71·4 | 88·2 | 90·9 |